It occurred to me this morning that I haven't posted in several months. I would like to be able to attribute this to a hiatius that I forced myself to take so that I could come back refreshed and more centered, or perhaps my intense Bible translation work with some obscure people group on the other side of the world. However, none of those thing have contributed to my lack of posting. Things have just been so hectic lately that I haven't written anything that wasn't due at school or published in a newsletter as part of one of my ministry commitments.
In the last couple of months I have left my home church to serve in a staff capacity in a local church plant, left my job of almost ten years (the only other job I have had since I got out of the Marines) for a job at another agency and the most significant and important change is that we learned that my wife, Jessica, is pregnant.
Most people will tell you that you have to live a balanced life. Well the truth is that balanced people have never changed the world. I think a better model is to live a life in cycles. Sometimes you have to burn the proverbial candle at both ends, but there must come a time when you stop burning the candle for a while. As the fall approches, I hope that life will slow down for me a little and I will have an opportunity to catch up on some things that I haven't paid as much attention to over the last couple of months.
